Impairment Of Rights Research Articles

Deliberate distortions of the concepts of “West” and “East” in media discourse

This article dedicated to identification distortions in the traditional interpretations of the concepts of “West” and “East” in modern Russian media discourse. The goal lies in outlining separate aspects of distortion of these concepts and determination of causes for the emergence of such distortions in mass media discourse. The object of this research is the modern Russian media discourse that takes place in the online space. The subject is the distortions of media discourse. The article employs the analysis of scientific literature, linguoculturological text analysis, comparison and systematization of research results, continuous sampling, and keyword search. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that that this article is first to examine distortions of the concepts of “West” and “East”. It is revealed that the content of the concept of “West”, namely such aspects as modernity, progressiveness, development of new technologies, wealth, etc., are exposed to distortions the most; while the concept of “East” and its components, such as tradition, ancient civilization, despotism of state power, vestige of the past, impairment of rights of the women, and specific mode of living remain virtually unchanged. The conclusion is made that distortions of the concept of “West” and consistency of the concept of “East” in media discourse may be associated with the orientation of modern Russia towards Eastern civilization, as well deliberate opposition of Russia and the West presented in media discourse.

AMEAÇA AOS DIREITOS À LIBERDADE DE PENSAMENTO E EXPRESSÃO: MANIPULAÇÃO DO DEBATE PÚBLICO E INTOLERÂNCIA POLÍTICO-IDEOLÓGICA

Este artigo analisa, através de revisão literária e cinematográfica, algumas questões do debate público e como ele pode ser afetado pela manipulação, acarretando intolerância e o cerceamento de alguns direitos, entre eles os à liberdade de pensamento e expressão. Para isso, apresenta-se o conceito de debate público e seu papel em uma sociedade democrática, ademais se discute se o espaço cibernético pode ser considerado uma esfera pública apta ao debate. Também se tenta demonstrar como a manipulação do debate público foi usada no passado como arma de guerra e como ela se reinventou com a ascensão das redes sociais, alcançando maior número de grupos e pessoas e provocando, muitas vezes, algum tipo de intolerância e colocando em risco os direitos à liberdade de pensamento e expressão, bem como a própria democracia.

Framing the Loss of Solace: Issues and Challenges in Researching Indigenous Compensation Claims

ABSTRACTThe 2016 judgment in the ‘Timber Creek’ compensation case (Griffiths v Northern Territory of Australia (no. 3) (2016) FCA 900) signals an end to an era of extinguishment-related injustice and inequality, representing, as it does, the first litigated Federal Court award of compensation for the loss or impairment of rights and interests, under the 1993 Native Title Act. In this paper, I explore some of the methodological challenges and conceptual issues confronting anthropologists involved in researching compensation claims. In drawing upon my experience in researching two such claims, I discuss how the issues of gender, resource development, environmental transformation, the Stolen Generation, and the history of Indigenous-European relations in remote and rural Australia impact upon investigations into the loss or diminution of traditional attachments to land. In conceptualising this loss of connection, I discuss material relating to the ‘anthropology of emotions’, and I point to some of the obstacles encountered when talking about emotions cross-culturally. In conclusion, I explore research undertaken into the social and psychological impacts of ecosystem distress, loss of place, and environmental change, and I posit the value of Glenn Albrecht’s concept of ‘solastalgia’ (2005. “Solastalgia, a New Concept in Human Health and Identity.” Philosophy Activism Nature 3: 41–44) in framing research into the loss of solace, and in expanding upon the legal notion of this loss as ‘inconvenience’ and ‘injured feelings’.